Reclining chair and foot rest



July 3, 1928. 1,675,547

W.v GRIMMICH RECLINING CHAIR AND FooT REST Filed July 9, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l July 3, 1928. 1,675,547

w.GmMMmH RECLINING CHAIR AND FOOT REST Filed July 9, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 the back", arms andleg rest. 1U

Patented July 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES j 1,675,547 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM GRIMMICH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNCR TO EMIL J. PAIDAR COMPANY, i. l OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. Y

RECLINING CHAIR FOOT `REST.

. Application filed July 9,

This invention relates to'iinprovements in reclining chairs and` foot-rests therefor, in which heretofore the seat has been fixed, the back, arms and leg restor apron pivotally connected and adjustable by means of a hand lever located at one side of the chair, and the Vpivoted toot-rest therelor tree to swing upon its pivot throughout the adjustment ot The `prime object of my invention, broadly stated, is to provide such a chair With an operating hand lever at both sides thereof, and to lift the seat concurrently with the adjustment of the chair from its upright toits inclined positions and` thereby vprovide a means ior automatically adjusting the footrest concurrently with the adjustment oi" the back, seat and leg rest to. correspondatall times with the adjusted position of the chair and at an angle most comfortable to the occupant throughout said adjustments.

A further object ot my inventio'is to `provide a reclining chair with a single clutch device located axially of the chair and adapted tobe Aoperated by either one oftwo hand levers located at the opposite ,sides of the chair, and adapted for engaging an adjustable bar passing through the; clutch and pivotedto the apron, for the adjustment of the apron or leg rest, and whereby the leg rest `may be locked` and at the same timebraced in its adjusted .position-` Another object ot myinventionis to have the foot-rest so connected j with a movableY j seat that the movement of the seat will auto- Vmatically adjust the toot-rest to aposition` .corresponding with that of the chair in its upright and also throughout its Vadjusted positions. j

More specifically stated, the object of my invention is to provide'` a reclining chairwith va foot-rest which is not only pivotally suspended from the apron, but so `connected with another moving part of the chair that itwill be automatically moved and `adjusted concurrently with the adjustment of the A seat andfapron oi' the chair. j i

A still 'further object of my invention is to have the leg rest provided With a Stopp` f adapted to engage a lug on the foot-rest,

`forming a rigid support` for `the foot-rest when in its distended position 'throughoutv j itsadjustment, and particularly when in its hori/icntal position Whchthe foot-rest ocC1`1- j jectingfrom the' socket-piece.` j (see lipga)l is provided. towards its upper` 1925'. `seran No. 42,340.

dotted `lines indicateV the position ot the back, seat and leg rest When fully distended, on the line l-l of Fig. 5. Y

Fig. 2 is a vertical detail front elevation `taken on `theline 2--2 of Fig. l, showing Vthe location of the clutch `and the relative position of the adjustingrod for theleg rest. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section taken on the line 3--3 of" Fig. 1.

j Fig. 4: is aA perspective view `showing the position oi the Vback rest, seat, leg rest and 4i'oot-rest, when at the limit oi' its adjustment. Fig. 5 isan enlarged plan View of the seat and the apron, vvith'the foot-rest partly in section. j

.Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation of the chair, showing the position occupied by the toot-rest in its locked position With relation to the seat, arms and apron when in theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

F ig.y `'i' is a `detail perspective, showing the position oyfhthe foot-rest supported by the iioor when the chair is inits upright position.

Fig S is a detail `vertical section taken on 4the lineS--S of Fig. l; and Fig. 9 is a transverse section taken `line 9 9 o'tFig. 8.

Similar characters of reference indicate the same parts in the various figures of the on the drawings.

9d indicates `the Hoor-supporting pedestal for the chair from which projects a post 9., upon which" the chair is swiveled by means of a socket-piece 9.0, dependingfrom thebaseframe l() of the .chair, to Which the socketpiece is securedV by bolts lll passing through a bracket 12 and through a fiange 13 pro- Thepost 9b end with an annular groove 9d into which is projected the end 9e of a set-screw pro- 'ccted through the socket-piece 9C for preventing the vertical displacement of the socket-piece from the post.

rhe base-frame 10 is provided with side flanges 13 from which risc, adjacent the ends thereof, posts 14 between which posts the seat 15 is held against lateral movement and free to slide back and forth and to have a rising movement, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Secured to the ends of the seat 15, adjacent its front and rear edges, are brackets 16 and 17, to the bracket 16 of which is pivoted a bar 18 which projects upwardly and is secured by set-screws 19 to the chair back 20, provided with the usual adjustable headl rest 21. ,Y

Bar 18 is provided with an inwardly projecting lateral extension 22, fulcrumed Von a pivot 23, connecting the bracket with the rear post 14. Fulcrumed on the bracket 17, by means of a pivot 24, is a bar 25, which bar in turn is fulcrumed by means of a pivot 26, projecting inwardly from the front post 14.

27 indicates an arm rest to which are sccured front andrear straps 28, respectively pivoted to the extensionv 22 of the bar 18 and to the upper end of the bar 25.

Bar 25 projects below the bracket 17 and is secured to the side. edges of the apron or leg-rest by means of set-screws 31.

Bracket 12 (Fig. 2) is provided upon its ends with depending arms 32 and 33 which provide bearings for an operating rod-34 having handle-s 354-35 at its opposite ends. riflic rod 34 is provided midway of its length with a yoke 36 to provide clearance for an adjusting rod 39 which passes between a stationary clutch member 38 and a movable clutch member 37.

A shaft 41 is also journaled in the arm 32, the inner end thereof is rotatably anchored in the movable clutch member 37and an intermediate portion is threaded in a depending rib on the bracket 12 as indicated at 42; an arm or dog 43a is rigidly secured to the shaft 41. A coil spring 43 surmounts said shaft, one end of the spring being anchored to the rib on the bracket, while the other end engages the dog 43a; the tendency of the spring 43a is to rotate the shaft 41 for applying the clutch 37.

A second shaft 46 is journaled in the arm 32 and the inner end thereof is threaded in the socket 9C for engaging an adjustable head 50El Vin a brake shoe `51 which is positioned ina rece-ss in said socket and frictionally engages the shaft 9". A set screw 53 engages the adjustable head 50 in the brake shoe for locking the same in adjusted position. An arm 47 is rigidly secured upon the shaft 46 and is provided with an ofsetlug 50 which is engaged'by one terminal 49 of a coil spring 48 surmounting said shaft 46. The other terminal of the spring48 is anchored to the arm 32. The arm 49 of said spring normally rotates the arm 47 for applying the brake shoe 51 to the` shaft 9b.

provided with a pair of arms or dogs 44 and 45 which are adapted for respectively operating the dogs 47 and 43.

lhen the handles 35, 35 of the crank-rod are in the upright position shown in Fig. 2, the cams 44 and 45 will be in the position shown in Fig. 1, in which position the Vadj usting rod 39 is locked in the clutch, and the socket-piece 9c to the post 9brby the brake-shoe 51.

lVhen the rod' 34 is rotated forwardly, the dog 45 will actuate the arm 43a for rotating the shaft 41 for releasing the clutch 37 whereby the rod 39 which is pivoted to the leg-rest as indicated at may be shifted ,for reclining the chair. When the rod 34 is rotated in the opposite direction or rearwardly, the dog 44 will actuate the arm 47 for releasing the brake shoe 51 so that lthe chair may swivel. The springs 43 and 48 will automatically restore the Vbrake shoe 51 and clutch 37 to operative positions when the dogs and 44 respectively, release the arms 43a and 47, that is, when 'the rodV 34 is rotated to the neutral position shown in Fig. 1. f

Adjusting rod 39 is provided with a bumper, consisting of a collar 39, fixed to the rod adjacent its pivot connection 40 with the bracket 41, a coiled spring 39b abutting at one end against the fixed collar 39, and at its other end secured to a sliding collar 39a for absorbing the shock and noise'` from the otherwise striking impact of the collar 39a against the members 37 and 38 when lowering the leg rest 30 from itselevated adjusted position tothe depending position it occupies when the Vchair is in its upright position, as shown in Fig. 1.

The construction of a reclining chair in which its seat is fulcrumed by and suspended'from the posts or side frame, and by which the'seat has an upward and sliding movement throughout the adjustmentV of the chair is an important feature of my invention in that it providesa means not only for automatically maintaining the parallelism between the seat and the arms, but a means by which, so far as I am aware, it is first made possible and practicable to automatically, simultaneously and concurrently adjust a foot-rest therefor to positions promoting the comfortof the occupant during a reclining adjustment the chair may have.

To these ends, the foot-rest 61 off my'invention is provided with-a Hoor roller' 62 adjacent its forward end, and at its rear end is secured by a pivot 63 to a' bar 64, secured to the side of the leg restl 30 by a The aforementioned operating rod 34 isi set-screw 65,` which, when the seat rest is in the position shown in Fig; 1, projects Abeyond the pivot 63 and terminates in a foot-piece 66, adapted Vto engage a lug 67, projecting from the foot-rest when at the limit of its adjusted position; that is'to say, when it is projected in a plane parallel with `the leg rest.

Secured to, and projecting rearwardly from the foot-rest, is an arm 68 (see Figs. 1, and 6) connected at its free end by a pivot 69 with a rod 76, the upper end'of which is secured to lug 71, depending from the bracket 17.

Vhen the chair is in its upright position, as shown in Fig. 1, its front end is supported from' the iioor by the floor roller 62 and its rear end suspended from the bracket 17 by the rod 7 O, in which position the'footpiece 66 of the bar 64 is out of engagement with the lug 67.

With the rising and forward movement of the seat 15, however, towards the position indicated in dotted lines, the roller 62 is first lifted from the ioor and concurrently therewith the foot-rest is tilted in a forward and downward direction, the angle of the foot-rest changing, however, with that of vthe legrest concurrently until it extends in a heel rest, as should be, while his body and'` legs occupy substantially a horizontal position on thegehair.

It should now be understood that the frame-post 14, bars 18 and 25, the brackets 16 and 17, and their pivotal connections are duplicated at both sides of the chair, as is the bar 64 and rod 70, which are so shown in Fig. 5. i

' In conclusion, it is to be noted that, so far as I am now aware, my invention is the first to provide a barbers chair in which a seat, having an upward and forward sliding movement in its frame is -so connected with the back, the arms and a pivoted footrest that the latter is operated by the Inovement of the seat to automatically adjust itself to and with relation yto the adjusted position ofthe back, seat and leg rest; to

provide a reclining chair with a clutch-ad justing mechanism adapted to be operated from both sides of the chair by a crank arm so connected with a brake for the chair that` the movement of the crank-arm operates to release the clutchfrom an adjusting rod and unset a chair brake of a swivel for the chair, furthermore, that my inven-` tion is not to be limited to the details of construction therefor other and further than `to said foot rest, said foot rest having a.

pair of lateral lugs and said leg rest having extending side members adapted for engagf ing said lugs when said leg rest is moved to horizontal position.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this th day of June, 1925.

WILLIAM GRIMMICH. 

